The trend continues: Burds name for groupsets

dhope

Paul E wrote:

itboffin wrote:

Easy now or you'll all end up like this chap who's taken the whole online thing just a step or twelve to far



Anyone else think he looks like Russell Brand? also he has a lot of ammo and a very odd dark patch of skin at the groin :roll: :shock: :?

Yeah but he has some sweet guitars too, so after killing everyone he can find he can play some intense soft rock power chords

Especially the one that's clearly from Guitar Hero

meanredspider

At the risk of raising the spectre of the horribly-named Alfa Romeo concept car called the Gloria, some of Alfa's finest creations have gone by women's names: Giulia & Giulietta. I suppose it helps that most people in Britain are entirely incapable of pronouncing these properly so they seem quite exotic (the only time that "Julia" has ever seemed exotic).

All of that said, a groupset is an entirely different thing...

navt

Shimano 105 to be replaced with Shimano Sharon. I'll get my coat.

kelsen

meanredspider wrote:

At the risk of raising the spectre of the horribly-named Alfa Romeo concept car called the Gloria, some of Alfa's finest creations have gone by women's names: Giulia & Giulietta. I suppose it helps that most people in Britain are entirely incapable of pronouncing these properly so they seem quite exotic (the only time that "Julia" has ever seemed exotic).

All of that said, a groupset is an entirely different thing...

You're right with that last statement. Cars with swooping curves, smooth lines and seductive body shapes should be given feminine names. I would bet that many men find their cars more attractive than their wives

Obviously you also get your butch muscle cars which are appropriately named like Dodge Viper, McLaren MP4-12C, Koenigsegg Agera R, Bugatti Veyron.

mudcow007

kelsen wrote:

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Obviously you also get your butch muscle cars which are appropriately named like Dodge Viper, McLaren MP4-12C, Koenigsegg Agera R, Bugatti Veyron.

datsun cherry

Ian.B

mudcow007 wrote:

kelsen wrote:

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Obviously you also get your butch muscle cars which are appropriately named like Dodge Viper, McLaren MP4-12C, Koenigsegg Agera R, Bugatti Veyron.

datsun cherry

And the infamously named Mitsubishi Pajero - badged Shogun in the UK, and really really should have been in Spain too...

kelsen

mudcow007 wrote:

kelsen wrote:

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Obviously you also get your butch muscle cars which are appropriately named like Dodge Viper, McLaren MP4-12C, Koenigsegg Agera R, Bugatti Veyron.

datsun cherry

That's not a muscle car! It looks like a cherry..

itboffin

Lets get back on track, what would this burds groupset be called?

gtvlusso

kelsen wrote:

mudcow007 wrote:

kelsen wrote:

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Obviously you also get your butch muscle cars which are appropriately named like Dodge Viper, McLaren MP4-12C, Koenigsegg Agera R, Bugatti Veyron.

datsun cherry

That's not a muscle car! It looks like a cherry..

I had a Datsun Cherry....My grandfather retrofitted it with a 2.1 Ford Pinto engine.....it was still sh*t.

gtvlusso

itboffin wrote:

Lets get back on track, what would this burds groupset be called?

BBW Goliath mega range....Mountain bike groupset.

DonDaddyD

Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

When I buy a car I don't want it to be called Beverly or Miriam.

How about Portia?

WTF is a Portia!?

You really are a wrong'un sometimes! It's 'Porsch' in THIS COUNTRY we do not pronouce the 'e'. Our forebearers did not fight two wars so we can go around pronoucing 'e's like some fancy pants wine-in-the-daytime-drinking Europophead.

'Porsch', Greg, 'Porsch'!

Even then it is a 911. Even then you ought to be refering to it as a 'Porsche 997' so that you can watch whomever asked you the question nod blinding even though they haven't got a friggen clue what you're on about. This leaving you smug because you roll in Porsche circles now...

The only time you should ever refer to your car as a Porsche is when you don't have a Porsche but not a 911. Doing so helps avoid this:

"I drive a Boxster/Cayman"

"I see, couldn't stretch to a 911?"

bigmat

DonDaddyD wrote:

"I drive a Boxster/Cayman"

"I see, couldn't stretch to a 911?"

Do people like this still exist?! By brother in law has just got a Panamera. That any good? Looks like a very expensive hybrid to me!

greg66_tri_v2.0

DonDaddyD wrote:

Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

When I buy a car I don't want it to be called Beverly or Miriam.

How about Portia?

'Porsch', Greg, 'Porsch'!

Even then it is a 911.

Actually, it's a turbo (italicised, like the writing on the back that says "turbo")

Agent57

I once saw a Porsche 928S in Worcester with the registration place "THE 928S". True fact. Must have been 1988.

DonDaddyD

BigMat wrote:

My brother in law has just got a '4 door Porsche'. That any good? Looks like a very expensive hybrid to me!

FTFY.

Not really a fan of the 4 door 911 to be honest... Now then, if I had the money and I had to go for a door version of what should be a supercar I'd have to choose the Aston Martin Rapide. But each to their own.

rjsterry

DonDaddyD wrote:

'Porsch'

I see, all Anglo-Saxon when it suits you *

Do you also say 'Pyoo-joe'


*Just in case anyone misses the smiley, this is a reference to DDD's tendency to make a point of his heritage, and nothing more.

bigmat

rjsterry wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

'Porsch'

I see, all Anglo-Saxon when it suits you *

Do you also say 'Pyoo-joe'


*Just in case anyone misses the smiley, this is a reference to DDD's tendency to make a point of his heritage, and nothing more.

Is that like a pyoo-gee-ot?

rjsterry

BigMat wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

'Porsch'

I see, all Anglo-Saxon when it suits you *

Do you also say 'Pyoo-joe'


*Just in case anyone misses the smiley, this is a reference to DDD's tendency to make a point of his heritage, and nothing more.

Is that like a pyoo-gee-ot?

I think it's a regional variation. I also remember plenty of 'Rennults' being driven around Brizzle when I was growing up.

rolf_f

Agent57 wrote:

I once saw a Porsche 928S in Worcester with the registration place "THE 928S". True fact. Must have been 1988.

Only a couple of years later, I saw a car in Leicester with the number plate LAM 80. I shouldn't need to explain make or model. It was black though.

A rare moment - DDD is right about something. The Panamera is pretty shocking. Mind you, the only 911s worth having date from the early 70s. Maybe the 1980s big wing ones if you can carry post modern irony off - but if you look like you are taking it seriously, then no way!

veronese68

Agent57 wrote:

I once saw a Porsche 928S in Worcester with the registration place "THE 928S". True fact. Must have been 1988.

That was the press car plate.
A friend of mine owns an early 911. First owner a certain Mr S McQueen. Just think who might have been in that passenger seat.

gtvlusso

As we all know, real Porsche's are air cooled.....My one and only foray into 'exotica' was a secondhand 1997 911 (993) RSR....The one with the big engine and no carpets, heating, stereo...or any actual convenience to save on weight. They even applied only a very light coat of paint.....The previous owner had bought it as a track car. I commuted, rather stupidly, from Cambridge to Rickmansworth daily in it.....luckily I had a company fuel card at the time.

I felt ripped off.....even opening the window was a chore. Bought an E55 AMG Merc soon after.....

Also a new rear tyre cost me the best part of £600.....

Porsche have lost their way in terms of styling of the 4 x 4 thing and the 4 door thing....caymen and the other cheapo one were designed specifically for overpaid sales people and hairdressers...

**I now drive a Honda CRV.....It is sh*t, but I can get the dog and a few bikes in it.

tailwindhome

So no Kia Provo then?

The Rookie

I guess DDD would turn down a Mercedes SLS as it is all girly due to the girls name?

Nissan Silvia, Fairlady, Gloria - all decent models with girls names (OK none used here).

Its a frickin name, get over it, if you find it so distrurbing, clearly you are not confident enough in your own sexuality, a real man can wear a pink shirt and feel good in it!

Drfabulous0

Real men never ever wear pink, unless it's Rapha.

veronese68

I'm sure it's an urban myth, but a good story so I'll repeat it anyway.
Supposedly the Colt Starion was named after a phone call between Japan and the US. The conversation was going along the lines of we want a manly name to please DDD, the Japanese guy suggested Starion. He was the boss so they went with that. Upon seeing the finished product the Japanese were confused as to the strange spelling of Stallion.
Not as funny in writing. Say it in your head whilst putting on the necessary stereotypical accents.

asprilla

Back on topic; I've just been looking at the Campag Athena. It looks silver and good value for money, both if which I like at the moment.

UndercoverElephant

On a similar note, I was disappointed to hear that Microshift have renamed their Bona groupset for the UK market. That would have been right up DDD's alley.